CASSATT STRING QUARTET with MAGDALENA BACZEWSKA, piano

A Joan Tower Premiere
Mozart: String Quartet No.16 in E-flat, K.428
Joan Tower: String Quartet No. No.6 (world premiere)
Joan Tower: Love Letter, for piano (2022) (Joan Tower, piano)
Schumann: Piano Quintet

Muneko Otani, violin
Jennifer Leshnower, violin
Emily Brandenburg, viola
Gwen Krosnick, cello

Hailed for its “mighty rapport and relentless commitment,” the CASSATT STRING QUARTET has performed throughout the world for four decades, with appearances at Alice Tully Hall and Weill Recital Hall; Tanglewood Music Center; the Kennedy Center; Théâtre des Champs-Élysées; Centro National de las Artes; Maeda Hall; and Beijing’s Central Conservatory.

The Cassatt Quartet, founded in 1985, joyfully approaches its 40th year, to be celebrated with an array of collaborations, concerts, and contemporary music. Their anniversary calendar will include a busy schedule of performances in the U.S. and internationally, including an Italian tour alongside guitarist Eliot Fisk; recording the great quartet Modes by Dorothy Rudd Moore, alongside other string quartets by Black American women; teaching residencies at major universities and conservatories; and, in proud Cassatt Quartet fashion, premieres of important commissions, including a piano quintet by Victoria Bond and a new work for string quartet by Joan Tower, to be premiered at Maverick Concerts in September 2025.

MAGDALENA BACZEWSKA [pronounced ba-CHEV-ska] is a Polish-American artist and scholar enjoying a versatile career as a soloist, chamber musician, artistic administrator, educator, academic leader, curator, and speaker. Described by the press as “Columbia professor by day, musical sorceress by night” (ConcertoNet) and “eloquent and technically flawless” (The Washington Post), she has performed in many of the world’s major music centers to both popular and critical acclaim. She is the Senior Lecturer and Director of the Music Performance Program at Columbia University. As a concerto soloist, she has appeared with prestigious orchestras worldwide, including the San Francisco Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, and China National Symphony. She has collaborated with Oscar- and Grammy-winning artists such as Joshua Bell, Charles Fox, and Tan Dun, performing at venues like the Tanglewood Music Festival, Guangzhou Opera House, Beijing National Center for the Performing Arts, Davies Symphony Hall, and Philadelphia’s Kimmel Center.

Reserved Hall Seats: $55, $31, $27/$24 (partial obstruction)
General Admission/Outdoors/Uncovered: $20, Students: $10

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